Nice theory but I don't really think you understand the info you are passing out.

Ok what was wrong with what I said. It was a short description of putting your your body behind the punch instead of arm punching.

Again nice theory, but even more misleading than the first paragraph . You are passing on a nice recipe for fail and injury .

Is this how your Hapkido is taught ?

No this is all me.

That is not true actually. Just hitting a heavy bag hard does not mean you can punch hard . Punching power is all about the timing joined with technique. You cannot develop the feel for it flailing about on a heavy bag with the internet as a guide .

You need a target who is punching you in the fucking face to truly know if you punch hard effectively .

Great I understand that, but we are just talking about developing punching power. I was not thinking to include live training against an opponent.

If you are training within your own style it is not cross training . What the hell are you talking about ?

Just a side comment of training with teacher form other schools even in your own style you can still learn new things.

Also I guess I should have mentioned to start out slow to avoid injury, but its not like he never punched a heavy bag.

Ok what was wrong with what I said. It was a short description of putting your your body behind the punch instead of arm punching.

You didn't start from the beginning . It should start with the toes, your basic body alignment and foot work .

No this is all me.

Why do you think the people who actually know how to punch tell people to wear bag gloves and wraps ?

Great I understand that, but we are just talking about developing punching power. I was not thinking to include live training against an opponent.

If you train to hit a bag hard that is ALL you will be able to hit hard. I assume people want to learn how to punch hard to hit PEOPLE hard. It is not the same thing .

Also, he stated in the OP he wants to use it in sparring .

Originally Posted by Alucard619

We focused on punches a lot tonight in class. Whilst doing all the drills I realized I want my punches to become a lot stronger, especially when I spar.

When it comes to this subject I hear different things. Some say strengthening the forearm. Some people say doing knuckle push ups and others says striking a hard object repeatedly. Any thoughts?

While I would think it would be fucking grade A awesome to start dropping opponents with hooks to the temple and straight rights during TKD sparring I don't think it is allowed in the rule set ... I know it sure the hell isn't encouraged or structured by the rules to head hunt with your hands .

Just a side comment of training with teacher form other schools even in your own style you can still learn new things.

Excellent idea, I didn't get that out of what I read earlier ( oh and mad props and thanks on the spell checking this time around ).

Also I guess I should have mentioned to start out slow to avoid injury, but its not like he never punched a heavy bag.

Have you read his other posts in other threads ? He is awesome enough already.

Originally Posted by Bodhi108

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